Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1912 — Former Superintendent of Schools Died in New York. [ARTICLE]

Former Superintendent of Schools Died in New York.

William DeMattos Hooper, who was the-superintendent of the Rensselaer schools in the early eighties, and who went from here to Indianapolis where he was the city librarian froin 1882 to 1888. died last Sunday in New York City, where he had lived for a number of years. During the time Prof. Hooper and * wife lived in Rensselaer they were neighbors and close personal frienfis of M. L. Spitler and this friendship has maintained ever since their departure from this city and members of tbe family have kept in touch with Mr. and Mrs. Hooper by correspondence. Since leaving Indianapolis Mr. Hooper has been engaged in the insurance business. No children were born to the Hooper borne but they took a girl to educate a number of years ago. She is now a young lady. No Information was received here exeept that briefly contained in a dispatch to Indianapolis newspapers. Mr. Hooper was a close friend of Dr. J. N. Hurty, state health commissioner. The Indianapolis Star spoke of Mr. Hooper in the following language: Dr. Hurty, while Attending the recent celebration by the Indiana Society of New York, heard of the serious Illness of Mr. Hooper, but was unable to.visit him. Mr. Hooper lived here" for many years and was* a member of the Indianapolis Literary Club He presented many papers of high literary quality before that -organisation, and during his service as librarian compiled- tbe most complete catalogue of the library that evefTmd been published up to that time. Mr, Hooper recently had been editing a paper devoted to accident insurance topics.